Unit 12 - E10 - writing

• Name: Scott Joplin• Place of birth: Texas, U.S • Family: poor musical black family • Learn to play music: when very young.. • Tunes: wonderful mixture of classical European and Afri

• Well-known when attending

”Sao Mai Diem Hen “contest

in 2006

• Successful songs: 12h, thien

duong goi ten, ca fe sang

TRINH CONG SON

Tinh khuc vang

Writing a profile

Match the words in column

A with the suitable definitions in column B

a Write music, a poem, a letter

b Popular 1920s jazz music

c Combination of different

things

d Person who writes music

e Having natural ability to do

something well

• Name: Scott Joplin

• Place of birth: Texas, U.S

• Family: poor musical black

family

• Learn to play music: when

very young.

• Tunes: wonderful mixture of

classical European and African beat.

• Artistic works: 50 piano rags

York

• Known as King of Ragtime

Task 1: make up complete

sentences about Scott Joplin

using the prompts below

1 He/ learn/ play/ music/ when/ very young.

2 Scott / learn/ play/ works/ composers/

Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart/ as well as/ compose/ music

3 He/ quickly/ become/ famous

4 His tunes/ be/ wonderful mixture/

classical European and African beats/

which/ be/ known as ragtime

5 All in all/ he/ write/ 50 piano rags/, / and

be / called/ King of Ragtime

6 Scott Joplin/ die/ 1917

1 He learnt to play music when he was very young.

2 He learnt to play the works of composers like Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart as well as compose music

3 He quickly became famous

4 His tunes were wonderful mixture of

classical European and African beats which were known as Ragtime

5 All in all, he wrote 50 piano rags, and was called the King of Ragtime

6 Scott Joplin died in 1917

Profile of Scott Joplin

Scott was born in Texas in 1868, in a poor but musical black family He learnt to play music when he was very young He learnt to play the works of composers like Bach,

Beethoven, and Mozart as well as compose music He quickly became famous His tunes were wonderful mixture of classical

European and African beats which were

known as Ragtime All in all, he wrote 50

piano rags, and was called the King of

Ragtime Scott Joplin died in 1917

1.When and where was Van Cao born? 2.How was his family background?

3.When did he start composing music? 4.When did he write the first song?

5.What is our National Anthem and wh

1 Van Cao

was born on November 15th, 1923, in Nam

Dinh

1 Van Cao

was born on November 15th, 1923, in N

am

Dinh

2 He was born in a poor workers' family

3 He started composing music when he was

very young

1 Van Cao

was born on November 15th, 1923, in N

am

Dinh

2 He was born in a poor workers' family

3 He started composing music when he was

very young

4 He wrote the first song in 1939

1 Van Cao

was born on November 15th, 1923, in N

am

Dinh

2 He was born in a poor workers' family

3 He started composing music when he was

very young

4 He wrote the first song in 1939

5 Our National Anthem is Tien Quan

Ca and it was written in 1944

1 Van Cao

was born on November 15th, 1923, in N

am

Dinh

2 He was born in a poor workers' family

3 He started composing music when he was

very young

4 He wrote the first song in 1939

5 Our National Anthem is Tien Quan Ca

and it was written in 1944

6 Van Cao's artistic works are songs,

poems, and painting

1 Van Cao was born on November 15th,

1923, in Nam Dinh

2 He was born in a poor workers' family

3 He started composing music when he

was very young

4 He wrote the first song in 1939

5 Our National Anthem is Tien Quan Ca

and it was written in 1944

6 Van Cao's artistic works are songs,

poems, and painting

7 He died in 1995

Task2: Write the profile

of Van Cao, using the

prompts below.

• Name: Van Cao

• Place of birth: Nam Dinh

• Family: poor workers

• Start composing music: when very young

• First song: Tien Quan Ca (1944)(National Anthem), quickly become famous

• Artistic works: songs, poems, paintings

• Known as a very talented musician and highly

appreciated by the Vietnamese people

Model profile of Van Cao

in Nam Dinh in a poor workers’ family He

started to compose music when he was very young He wrote his first song in 1939, and

quickly became famous In 1944, he wrote

Tien Quan Ca – our National Anthem Van Cao not only wrote songs and poems, but also

was known as a very talented musician and

highly appreciated by the Vietnamese people

 Write a profile of Ha Anh Tuan(50 – 70 words), using the prompts below:

Date of birth: December17th,1984

Place of birth: Ho Chi Minh city

 Learn new words by heart.

 Prepare for the new lesson: “Language focus” of Unit 12